Extra Special Bitter
Kraemer & Kin

 

Hazed Amber. Malty and light fruity aroma and flavor. Definitely has signs of oxidation; sadly, canned in May

16oz can. Poured out a clear, amber color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of roasted malt, caramel and toffee. Sweet caramel and toffee with roasted malt and a mild bitterness.

On tap at Juniper - pours a ruby red with a thin collar of head, clear, solid lacing. Nose is rye, spicy hop, roasted barley. Taste is barley forward, black tea, mild roast, maybe some hibiscus. Feel is super soft with very subtle carbonation and a creamy mouth feel - the best part of the experience. Looking forward to visiting when they’re open in the spring.

Drank as part of a flight at the brewery.
Poured a medium amber color.
Smells of caramel.
Good mouth feel.
Sweet taste of malt with tones of caramel.
Yummy beer.

It's not a bad American/Vermont brewery attempt at an ESB.

It has a beautiful sorta amber/brown/doppelbock color. A bit darker than what someone with English ale drinking experience would expect from an ESB. It is cloudy and not well filtered. I am okay with that.

The nose is mellow and pleasant. Chestnuts? Maybe.

I liked it but it's not worth $5 a pint can.

It'll not be a disappointment if you know what to expect for a one off tasting.

One major issue I have with this brewery is that it avoids listing their beers and descriptions both on their website and on the cans. Instead, they print a bunch of useless pretentious hooey about freaking basil varieties and bird shit. Pretty dumb and useless, just as the taste of most of their pretentiously marketed brews.

A rare K&K beer I kinda liked. And I LOVE English and Czech beer. Can't be kind to imposters.

 

This one pours a nice looking golden brown color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells richly malty, with some breadiness, orange, and a touch of dried fruit.

I don’t drink this style very often, but it feels just about spot on for what I expect. It’s a little thin on the finish, but with a nice spicy hop finish, with a rich malty note up front – slightly sweet, mostly bready and bittersweet, with just a hint of dried fruitiness.

This is lighter bodied, and very drinkable and approachable, with a thin but smooth finish.

I enjoy this one quite a bit. The couple of smaller beers I’ve had from Kraemer and Kin have all been well constructed.